We performed a comparison between Check Point CloudGuard Network Security and Sophos Cyberoam UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The CLI is robust and powerful, enabling rapid, consistent changes via SSH."
"We are very happy with the general bandwidth agility we have seen from one website to another website."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"Reliability is the best feature. We faced some issues when we were setting it up, but the service, portal, and administration are good."
"Offers good security and filtering."
"I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"The GUI is good."
"The features that prevent internet connections, the filtering are the most valuable because we did not have any internet protection before."
"This software is great in overall performance since it can locate any trouble across the networking system and provide solutions before it affects workflows."
"The endpoint VPN is super stable. The routing is also very good. We tried a competing product first, but we could not make it work. We came across CloudGuard. The network routing across different virtual networks in Azure and AWS was way ahead of any of the other technologies. That helped us be able to cover the whole network using one single cluster."
"I like the tool's ability to manage cloud traffic locally without routing it through our data centers."
"Additionally, the centralized reporting and management, accessible through a single pane of glass, offer consistency and efficiency across multi-cloud environments."
"The IPS, application and URL filtering, as well as Identity Awareness, are all very valuable features."
"A unique architecture makes this product stand out from other solutions."
"We find all the features valuable, particularly the firewall, application control, URL filtering, and HTTPS detection."
"The solution has been quite stable."
"The product is worth the investment."
"Sophos Cyberoam UTM is used for perimeter security, web filtering, intrusion prevention and as a VPN."
"The tool is stable."
"It is a VPN that serves all your needs as an application firewall."
"Web Filtering and Application Filtering saves a lot of my bandwidth and improves the user's productivity."
"We are using it as a security shield. It does not allow access before that in case we have restricted a few things from users, so it helps me in that."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Having a firewall solution with a data quota is very important when the bandwidth is limited, which really distinguishes it from other products."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having better visibility. Palo Alto has better visibility."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"I don't like that anything more than very basic reporting is not included."
"Cisco Meraki products are rising very quickly in the cloud and the connected era. Meraki products offer much better ROI, upgradability, and manageability."
"Its price is fair, but it can be more favorable."
"The documentation has been rough. Being able to do it yourself can be hit or miss given the constraints of the documentation."
"The relationship between AWS and Check Point could be better. We had issues related to the type of instance and how it interconnects with AWS or cloud-native solutions. We overcame the pain points that we had, and now, AWS is evolving in a way that will facilitate how Check Point works. Our pain points were minimized, but they were there."
"The migration to TerraForm is a little more complicated, but we made it work."
"As an administrator, I can say that among all of the Check Point products I have been working with so far, the Virtual Systems solution is one of the most difficult."
"There is room for improvement in the integration with PaaS services from the public cloud. It would be very helpful."
"People don't know about the tool's features. There's a lack of skill. Users require more knowledge on how to integrate it into the cloud environment and orchestrate routing. So, it's not necessarily a CloudGuard Network Security or Check Point issue but more about integration, knowledge, and understanding."
"The user experience might suffer if we don't have the time to follow up with our clients and ensure they are using the right options. Clients also want more local support in Portuguese and Spanish during their normal business hours. That's something I hear from my customers and my team, too."
"I would like to see real-time alerts on traffic insights."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"The policy is a bit too vague."
"What needs improvement in Sophos Cyberoam UTM is openness in the competition among Sophos partners or any other Sophos product. Another area for improvement in the solution is pricing. It could be cheaper."
"The price is obviously a more sensitive area to focus on."
"The VPN needs to be improved."
"The solution had a feature to import users from a CSV file. However, the latest version does not have that option."
"SD-WAN should be included in the tool."
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Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is ranked 5th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 119 reviews while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is ranked 7th in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 81 reviews. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is rated 8.6, while Sophos Cyberoam UTM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Check Point CloudGuard Network Security writes "The solution has good threat emulation, threat extraction, and reporting features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos Cyberoam UTM writes "Stable and has a straightforward setup; reporting is fast and easy". Check Point CloudGuard Network Security is most compared with Azure Firewall, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Firewall, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Palo Alto Networks VM-Series, whereas Sophos Cyberoam UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Cisco Secure Firewall, Sophos UTM, Juniper SRX Series Firewall and Sophos XG. See our Check Point CloudGuard Network Security vs. Sophos Cyberoam UTM report.
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